Let's Take it Higher

This night celebrates hip hop’s African roots and honors the father of hip hop, DJ Kool Herc. He is credited with developing the breakbeat, a percussion solo that originated in indigenous African culture as a way to communicate, worship, and perform ceremonies. Students of the youth program Kids Helping Kids: a Hip Hop Experience open the show. Other performers include world roots artists Zing Experience and Brown Rice Family, representing the music that inspired hip hop, and a special performance honoring health and birthing rights activist Ruth Lubic.